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“There’s another thing we haven’t considered enough.”
“Don’t we already have plenty?”
He kept speaking as if I hadn’t said anything. “If she’s not Priscilla then the real one is out there.” His brows drew together. “Assuming she’s still alive.”
Sixteen
I reeled back to stare at him. “You’re saying she could be dead? That this chick what, stole her identity?”
He shrugged. “It’s a theory. One we should pursue.”
“How? Set Lila and Donovan’s dogs on her to try to find her?”
“If it comes to that. We can do a preliminary search on our own. I’ll go get my laptop.” He grabbed his still half-full wine glass and pushed it into my hands. “You like it more than I do.”
“This is your version of a wine sippy cup,” I grumbled as I clambered off him and returned to my chair.
“I’ll bring the bottle.” He flashed me a quick smile before he disappeared inside.
I finished off his glass and grabbed my phone off the table. It was past ten, which for us rocker types was like five pm for those with normal jobs.
I pressed the speed dial for Ricki.
She picked up on the second ring. “I was going to call you tonight. How are you? How’s your place? Ugh, I wanted to see you last night, but everything went nuts.”
I smiled. She was my oldest friend, and just hearing her voice settled the jumble of emotions inside me. “I hear that. I’m okay. Water main break, was it? How random.”
“Yeah, especially since our apartment was the only one that got the notice. We hunkered down for like no purpose last night. We found out this morning that the building doesn’t even own that number that texted us, so it must have been freaking spam. I mean, can you imagine?”
With the recent insanity in my own life, I could believe just about anything. But I filed that away under stuff to discuss later with Cooper. Things were flying so fast and furious that I’d need a notepad soon.
“Did you make good use of your time at home?” I asked, trying to keep my tone light.
Ricki snorted. “Girl, we always make good use of our time everywhere. As far as marriage slowing us down, not so much.”
“Good for when that baby practice kicks in.”
“Yeah. Soon. I just went on prenatal vitamins, actually.”
“Pre before the natal?”
“It’s a good idea to make sure all your levels are where they should be. Anything to help it along. Since, you know, no guarantee of how long it could take.”
“Yeah.” I rested my cheek on the fist. “Lila’s still trying, right?”
I couldn’t imagine trying to have another baby with a stalker after me. But there had been so much drama surrounding Ripper Records for so long, Lila and Nick had to try to find some semblance of normal amidst chaos, I supposed.
“Yes. Which is another reason I’m wary. I don’t know if it’ll be quick or take a while, so I’m just trying to pace myself.”
“Or you could end up with twins right away.”
She laughed. “I could handle that, but I’m trying not to scare Mal off the process first thing. Though he mentioned getting something for the nursery at the farm yesterday.”
“Whoa, that’s huge for him.”
“It is. Taking it slow has been the way to go for him. I want him to enjoy being a dad, and I think he will once he gets over his fear of breaking the kid. He’s a great uncle.”
“So, you’re really going through with living on a farm outside the city?”
